{"id":148230,"date":"2026-05-20T10:19:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/how-a-socal-native-became-one-of-nasas-most-valuable-assets\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:21:46","slug":"how-a-socal-native-became-one-of-nasas-most-valuable-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/how-a-socal-native-became-one-of-nasas-most-valuable-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"How a SoCal native became one of NASA’s most valuable assets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of NASA’s most valuable assets is Southern Californians.<\/p>\n

Following the space agency’s successful Artemis II mission around the moon last month, Victor Glover \u2014 who grew up primarily in the Inland Empire and has spent much of his career at several military and aerospace centers in Southern California \u2014 is now the only pilot to fly NASA’s Orion capsule.<\/p>\n

As soon as the team completes it international victory lap<\/u><\/a> in front of the media<\/u><\/a>With his head down, Glover is preparing to train the Artemis generation of astronauts to go to the Moon.<\/p>\n

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